Paul Andersen was born and raised in Chicago and lived most of his life in the Elk Range of Colorado between Crested Butte and Aspen. He has been a professional writer for 45 years as a journalist, book author, television scriptwriter, screenwriter, song writer, poet, magazine contributor, columnist and contributing editor for the Aspen Times. He has won awards from the Colorado Press Association, and his book, High Road to Aspen, won the Colorado Book Award's Gold Medal in June 2015.
